Woman stoned to death in Somalia

For committing what a judge has said was adultery, a Somali woman has been stoned to death.
On Tuesday, the 20-year-old divorcee was executed. She had previously confessed to having had sex with a 29-year-old unmarried man.

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Iran post-election protests trial begins

Iran has opened the first trial of people allegedly involved in post-election violence. The charges included rioting, vandalism, “acting against national security”, and conspiring against the ruling system, state media reported.
Leading members of the opposition reform movement, such as a former vice-president, are included in the defendants. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Protests follow Iranian’s poll results

Following the announcement that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won Iran’s presidential poll, thousands of angry protesters have clashed with police. (photo, from nytimes.com)

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Third claim of child fathered by Paraguayan president

A third woman has claimed that Fernando Lugo, the Paraguayan president (photo, from bbc.co.uk), fathered her child.

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Walk-out during Iranian president’s speech

Delegates have walked out of a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Iran’s president, after he described Israel as a “racist government”, during a United Nations conference on racism.

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Somalia’s parliament votes to implement sharia

Originally proposed by the oposition, the decision to implement sharia (Islamic law) accross Somalia has unanimously been taken by the country’s parliament on Saturday, the parliamentary deputy speaker has said.

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Afghanistan new law could worsen things, said Nato’s head

Afghanistan’s new laws could make it difficult to persuade European countries to contribute more troops to the country, said Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato’s head. (photo, from cbc.ca, taken on Oct. 29, 2008)

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Lieberman to be foreign minister

A coalition agreement with the Yisrael Beitenu party has been signed by Benjamin Netanyahu, the designated Israeli prime minister and leader of the Likud party.
The deal says that Avigdor Lieberman (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Yisrael Beitenu’s leader, would be foreign minister, Israel Radio reported on Monday.

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Israel sends ‘eviction notices’ to East Jerusalem families

Israel told more than 1 500 Palestinians living in East Jerusalem that they could be made homeless. Israel said that their homes are illegal and are to be demolished. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Israeli group to help Palestinians sue over settlements

The Yesh Din organization, an Israeli leftist advocacy group, said on Friday that it was starting a campaign to help Palestinians sue the state of Israel for its use of their privately owned lands for Jewish settlements in the West Bank (photo, from aljazeera.net).

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